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Originally Posted by jyl
You are misreading. Court strongly implies 2nd Amend does not give right to concealed carry.
"Like most rights, the right secured by the Second
Amendment is not unlimited. From Blackstone through
the 19th-century cases, commentators and courts routinely
explained that the right was not a right to keep and
carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever
and for whatever purpose.
For example, the majority of the 19th-century courts to consider the
question held that prohibitions on carrying concealed
weapons were lawful under the Second Amendment or
state analogues."
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You are not reading the decision in its entirety. Yes the prohibition in clearly defined circumstances applied in an objective manner is unclear as to its constitutionality. But the current decision states that you have the right to protect yourself, where ever you are. The current decision could be used to challenge the very basis of the "red stocking" decisions. It is a right to also "bear" arms.